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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates answers questions on the Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2012 budget request before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 15, 2011. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (R) listens to questions on the Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2012 budget request before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense on Capitol Hill in Washington, June 15, 2011. Gates is joined by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Michael Mullen. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY)

European Central Bank's (ECB) Klaus Masuch walks towards the Finance Ministry in Athens April 6, 2011. A team of IMF and EU inspectors are in Athens to review Greece's progress on budget cuts and privatizations, and plans for the 2012 budget as part of an economic reform program. Greece has received a 110 billion euro bailout package from the EU and IMF to stave off default. REUTERS/John Kolesidis (GREECE - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS)

Douglas Gravagna who suffers from viral cardiomyopathy poses for a portrait in Phoenix, Arizona March 5, 2011. Gravagna, 44, has a 6 percent function to his heart, which is kept beating by a pacemaker and a defibrilator. He applied for state Medicaid for a needed transplant, but got a denial letter last October saying that he did not meet the criteria for a transplant under a new state bill. The measure enacted by Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer seeks to trim Medicaid spending in the desert state, which projects a 2011 budget deficit of $763.6 million and a full-year 2012 budget deficit of $1.15 billion, and has denied potentially lifesaving transplants to nearly 100 people like Gravagna, two of whom have since died. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS)

Douglas Gravagna who suffers from viral cardiomyopathy poses for a portrait in Phoenix, Arizona March 5, 2011. Gravagna, 44, has a 6 percent function to his heart, which is kept beating by a pacemaker and a defibrilator. He applied for state Medicaid for a needed transplant, but got a denial letter last October saying that he did not meet the criteria for a transplant under a new state bill. The measure enacted by Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer seeks to trim Medicaid spending in the desert state, which projects a 2011 budget deficit of $763.6 million and a full-year 2012 budget deficit of $1.15 billion, and has denied potentially lifesaving transplants to nearly 100 people like Gravagna, two of whom have since died. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS)

Protesters hold signs as they speak out against state Medicaid transplant budget cuts in Phoenix, Arizona March 5, 2011.The measure enacted by Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer seeks to trim Medicaid spending in the desert state, which projects a 2011 budget deficit of $763.6 million and a full-year 2012 budget deficit of $1.15 billion, and has denied potentially lifesaving transplants to nearly 100 people. Two people have since died. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS)

Douglas Gravagna who suffers from viral cardiomyopathy poses for a portrait in Phoenix, Arizona March 5, 2011. Gravagna, 44, has a 6 percent function to his heart, which is kept beating by a pacemaker and a defibrilator. He applied for state Medicaid for a needed transplant, but got a denial letter last October saying that he did not meet the criteria for a transplant under a new state bill. The measure enacted by Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer seeks to trim Medicaid spending in the desert state, which projects a 2011 budget deficit of $763.6 million and a full-year 2012 budget deficit of $1.15 billion, and has denied potentially lifesaving transplants to nearly 100 people like Gravagna, two of whom have since died. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS)

Douglas Gravagna who suffers from viral cardiomyopathy poses for a portrait in Phoenix, Arizona March 5, 2011. Gravagna, 44, has a 6 percent function to his heart, which is kept beating by a pacemaker and a defibrilator. He applied for state Medicaid for a needed transplant, but got a denial letter last October saying that he did not meet the criteria for a transplant under a new state bill. The measure enacted by Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer seeks to trim Medicaid spending in the desert state, which projects a 2011 budget deficit of $763.6 million and a full-year 2012 budget deficit of $1.15 billion, and has denied potentially lifesaving transplants to nearly 100 people like Gravagna, two of whom have since died. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS)

Douglas Gravagna who suffers from viral cardiomyopathy poses for a portrait in Phoenix, Arizona March 5, 2011. Gravagna, 44, has 6 percent function to his heart, which is kept beating by a pacemaker and a defibrilator. He applied for state Medicaid for a needed transplant, but got a denial letter last October saying that he did not meet the criteria for a transplant under a new state bill. The measure enacted by Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer seeks to trim Medicaid spending in the desert state, which projects a 2011 budget deficit of $763.6 million and a full-year 2012 budget deficit of $1.15 billion, and has denied potentially lifesaving transplants to nearly 100 people like Gravagna, two of whom have since died. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS HEADSHOT)

People protest against state Medicaid transplant budget cuts as they walk to the State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona March 5, 2011.The measure enacted by Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer seeks to trim Medicaid spending in the desert state, which projects a 2011 budget deficit of $763.6 million and a full-year 2012 budget deficit of $1.15 billion, and has denied potentially lifesaving transplants to nearly 100 people. Two people have since died. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS)

Debra Pennington (R) walks with people protesting against state Medicaid transplant budget cuts as she holds a picture of her husband Michael Allen Pennington, who needs a liver transplant in Phoenix, Arizona March 5, 2011.The measure enacted by Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer seeks to trim Medicaid spending in the desert state, which projects a 2011 budget deficit of $763.6 million and a full-year 2012 budget deficit of $1.15 billion, and has denied potentially lifesaving transplants to nearly 100 people. Two people have since died. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS)

Dennis Howerton holds a sign and cross to protest against state Medicaid transplant budget cuts outside the State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona March 5, 2011.The measure enacted by Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer seeks to trim Medicaid spending in the desert state, which projects a 2011 budget deficit of $763.6 million and a full-year 2012 budget deficit of $1.15 billion, and has denied potentially lifesaving transplants to nearly 100 people. Two people have since died. The tag on the cross reads: "Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) denied". REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH POLITICS BUSINESS)

People hold crosses as they protest against state Medicaid transplant budget cuts outside the State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona March 5, 2011.The measure enacted by Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer seeks to trim Medicaid spending in the desert state, which projects a 2011 budget deficit of $763.6 million and a full-year 2012 budget deficit of $1.15 billion, and has denied potentially lifesaving transplants to nearly 100 people. Two people have since died. The tags on the crosses read: "Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) denied". REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS HEALTH POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)

A copy of U.S. President Barack Obama's 2012 budget is unveiled on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 14, 2011. President Barack Obama proposed a budget on Monday that would cut the U.S. deficit by $1.1 trillion over 10 years, setting the stage for a bitter fight with Republicans who vow even tougher spending controls. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)

U.S. Congresswoman Diane Black (R-TN) speaks to the press as she holds a copy of U.S. President Barack Obama's 2012 budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, February 14, 2011. President Barack Obama proposed a budget on Monday that would cut the U.S. deficit by $1.1 trillion over 10 years, setting the stage for a bitter fight with Republicans who vow even tougher spending controls. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)